Wake Up, Life is Calling

by Preeti Shenoy

That’s the thing about love. You cannot force it. You cannot fight it. If it comes, you gratefully accept. If it doesn’t, you can’t do a thing. All you do is go about your daily business, hoping it will come tomorrow, the day after, eventually.

Sometimes, it is only when you lose what you had that you begin to value it.

‘Things are only as terrible or as wonderful as you imagine them to be,’ said my father. ‘Always prepare for the worst, but hope for the best.’

Life is also a great teacher. Life gives you the exams, but doesn’t tell you the syllabus. It is up to us to set our own lessons.

‘We all need to create beauty in our lives in all the ways we can. Life can be so hard,’